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单词 benighted
释义
benightedbe‧night‧ed /bɪˈnaɪtɪd/ adjective literary Word Origin
WORD ORIGINbenighted
Origin:
1600-1700 benighted ‘trapped by the darkness of the night’ (16-20 centuries), from night
Examples
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  • Between the world wars major unions suffered the searing experience of high unemployment which owed much to incompetent employers and benighted policy-makers.
  • We go chasing around this frozen, benighted countryside and discover nothing.
  • What would the editors think of my circling around these benighted fields for six months?
having no knowledge or understandingbenightedly adverb
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